Alpinisms

Alpinisms is the debut album by School of Seven Bells. It was originally released on October 28, 2008 through Ghostly International, and re-released on July 14, 2009 through Vagrant Records in the U.S. Vagrant also released the Deluxe Edition featuring 9 bonus tracks on October 13, 2009.

Alpinisms
Studio album by School of Seven Bells
Released	October 28, 2008
Recorded	2007
Genre	Indie Electronic, Dream pop, Shoegaze
Label	Ghostly International/Vagrant Records
School of Seven Bells chronology
Alpinisms (2008) Disconnect from Desire (2010)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	70/100 link
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
BBC	favorable link
Drowned in Sound	(8/10) link
The Guardian	link
Pitchfork Media	(8.0/10) link
Q	link
Rolling Stone	link
Spin	link
URB	link

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Iamundernodisguise"	3:48
2.	"Face to Face on High Places"	4:41
3.	"Half Asleep"	4:21
4.	"Wired for Light"	4:57
5.	"For Kalaja Mari"	4:18
6.	"White Elephant Coat"	4:18
7.	"Connjur"	4:40
8.	"Sempiternal/Amaranth"	11:26
9.	"Chain"	4:22
10.	"Prince of Peace"	3:06
11.	"My Cabal"	5:09

UK Bonus Tracks

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Trance Figure"	3:29

UK, Japanese and Digital Bonus Tracks

No.	Title	Length
12.	"If I Had Glass Hands and Glass Feet"	2:16

Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Wired For Light" (Live Drum Version)
13.	"Half Asleep" (Alternate Version)
14.	"White Elephant Coat" (Early Demo Version)
15.	"Caldo" (Live On Stereogum's Decomposed)
16.	"Sempiternal" (Alternate Version)
17.	"Iamundernodisguise" (Vocal Mix I)
18.	"My Cabal" (Early Mix 07)
19.	"Connjur" (Alternate Version)
20.	"For Kalaja Mari" (Drum Outtake Mix)

Personnel

• Benjamin Curtis - guitar
• Alejandra de la Deheza - vocals, guitar
• Claudia Deheza - backing vocals, synthesizers